Frankly, because I believe this is the most critical thing, what you want is a set where you can adjust all the colour parameters from the user menu, rather than having to go into the "secret" service menu which theoretically you're not supposed to fiddle with. A basic set with the colours adjusted correctly will always look superior and be more satisfying in the long run than the most expensive set where you can never get the colours quite right. For LCD, to be able to set the strength of the back light is very important, IMO.Most people look at the brightness, and choose to pay more for an LCD over plasma, even for a dark room. So what should you be looking at?
Frankly, because I believe this is the most critical thing, what you want is a set where you can adjust all the colour parameters from the user menu, rather than having to go into the "secret" service menu which theoretically you're not supposed to fiddle with. A basic set with the colours adjusted correctly will always look superior and be more satisfying in the long run than the most expensive set where you can never get the colours quite right. For LCD, to be able to set the strength of the back light is very important, IMO.
Frank
I remember everyone raving about the Pioneer Elite plasmas a few years ago. But every time I saw them, they had the most exaggerated colors. Watching baseball or football, the grass was so "super" green, you could sense the smell of the fertilizer. The reds and blues on the flag were just too much.
And this was in every show room that I saw it in.
Let me explain the situation.Thanks. But how do you know what the colors are supposed to look like? How do folks develop a reference for color?
This topic can get complex quickly
I agree
That's why I have mine ISF calibrated after at least 100 hours of use before doing so
As everyone is saying, it can be a very complex and/or expensive business. How I went about it is by using a Joe Kane DVE disk on a reasonable quality LCD, for which I was able to find the "naughty" codes for getting into the service menu. The disk comes with the colour filters which, as Amir mentioned above, weren't all that brilliant for getting the colour right. (Thanks for that insight, Amir, can you point me somewhere that explains the reasons why?). But the disk still allowed me to get very close to reasonable settings initially.Thanks. But how do you know what the colors are supposed to look like? How do folks develop a reference for color?
Sorry for the late reply. The problem is this. The color charts are designed so that you only look at them with one color component only. The filters attempt to filter out all other lights. But you are not going to get a accurate filter for $1 or whatever it cost to throw them in these discs. LCDs and Plasmas can have strong and wild spectrum of light which the blue filter cannot successfully filter out. This wasn't as much of an issue with CRTs which were dimmer and didn't have as wide of a spectrum.The disk comes with the colour filters which, as Amir mentioned above, weren't all that brilliant for getting the colour right. (Thanks for that insight, Amir, can you point me somewhere that explains the reasons why?). But the disk still allowed me to get very close to reasonable settings initially.
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